78Reply09.08.2023 (dd/mm/yyyy) anybody?
59ReplyDD/MM/YYYY is the best in my opinion
55ReplyISO 8601 or nothing. Descending order of granularity, keep everything sorted as it should be!
53ReplyAug 9, 2023
and08/09/23
literally say the same thing. 47Reply 41ReplyCan’t believe relevant xkcd hasn’t been posted.
31ReplyLast two are both dumb, YYYY-MM-DD or DD-MM-YYYY or go home
Yes I'm American
26ReplyThe last two are the same thing though
22ReplyReddit ass post
17ReplyI swear, a lot of you would have no joy in life if you weren't able to bitch about the stupidest shit.
17Reply09/08/2023 (I'm an American who doesn't care what everyone in my country uses if that "custom" is nonsense...)
14Reply9AUG2023
13ReplyUnix time is the best format
11ReplyDate stamps are stupid, but they're nowhere near as stupid as this attempt to criticize them
10Reply13/AUG/2023
8ReplyThe way I see it, the US just writes it the way it's spoken. "August 9th, 2023" vs. "the 9th of August, 2023".
6ReplyIf it’s a file I want sorted by date the top is good. If I am talking about a date and spelling it out August the 9th of 2023 makes the most sense and seems natural, and if it’s a personal memo or date label on food I just use 08/09 with the zeros so I know it isn’t a fraction unless it’s frozen or shelf stable for long term storage where the year would be useful to know at which point it becomes 8/9/23
I thought everybody used different date formats based on need.
6ReplyOh no! A country uses a different date format, the horror!
5ReplyThe first and the last date format are terrible because you can confuse the day of the month with the number of the month.
I only like date formats where it's not possible to confuse any field, like 8 Aug 2023. I minimize ambiguity.
If the date is in a file name, I make an exception using 2023-08-09 such that a string sort is equal to a date sort.
5Reply23/12/08
5ReplyThese are the right dates
5ReplyI don't know why you wanted to know year before month or day, I use dd/mm/yyyy sometime I didn't even use yyyy just dd/mm because day change most frequent then month then year
4Reply🧐 4 Days ago
3ReplyI like to think of the American style as machete ordering for dates.
3ReplyAlright, then I guess change the way you read a clock too... My day to day use doesn't include the year at all. Just mm/dd
2ReplyI choose chaos.
2ReplyNah the middle one is the easiest to read.
2ReplyOne of my biggest gripes when I worked at Walmart in the claims dept.
I would always have to double check items because some are sources from the US and use the US date format while the rest is in the normal format.
BB really needs to have what format was used or labels need to be printed for US sources pantry items.
2ReplyISO standards... unbelievable how many people don't get it!
1ReplyTrue, but still a few hundred years after the start of African colonisation.
1ReplyIt's by smallest integer to largest, what's weird about that?
12 months a year, up to 31 days a month and X number of years. It makes the most sense
0ReplyMonths are dumb. Inconsistent lengths, the names are out of sync (OCTober isn't month 8), pretend to be based on lunar cycles but not, etc.
Give us Year/Day date formats. Extra new year holiday on leap years.
-1ReplyI've said it before and I'll say it again. Americans write the date the way we would say it. August 9th 2023.
-2ReplyIn theory yes stupid, in practice I've never been confused once. Its fine guys, why's it such a massive issue for everyone?
-2ReplyGonna cry?
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